Improper Input Validation Affecting firefox-esr package, versions <60.6.1-r0
Threat Intelligence
The probability is the direct output of the EPSS model, and conveys an overall sense of the threat of exploitation in the wild. The percentile measures the EPSS probability relative to all known EPSS scores. Note: This data is updated daily, relying on the latest available EPSS model version. Check out the EPSS documentation for more details.
Do your applications use this vulnerable package?
In a few clicks we can analyze your entire application and see what components are vulnerable in your application, and suggest you quick fixes.
Test your applicationsSnyk Learn
Learn about Improper Input Validation vulnerabilities in an interactive lesson.
Start learning- Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE319-FIREFOXESR-6107453
- published8 Dec 2023
- disclosed26 Apr 2019
Introduced: 26 Apr 2019
CVE-2019-9794 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Alpine:3.19 firefox-esr to version 60.6.1-r0 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream firefox-esr package and not the firefox-esr package as distributed by Alpine.
See How to fix? for Alpine:3.19 relevant fixed versions and status.
A vulnerability was discovered where specific command line arguments are not properly discarded during Firefox invocation as a shell handler for URLs. This could be used to retrieve and execute files whose location is supplied through these command line arguments if Firefox is configured as the default URI handler for a given URI scheme in third party applications and these applications insufficiently sanitize URL data. Note: This issue only affects Windows operating systems. Other operating systems are unaffected.. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60.6, Firefox ESR < 60.6, and Firefox < 66.